Tag: Ezekiel 37:9

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” Genesis 2:7, NKJV). Breath. The difference between life and death.

When in a resting state, an adult takes 12 to 20 breaths per minute. Sometimes, however, even when we are breathing normally physically, life experiences, like a blow to the solar plexus, leave us struggling to catch our breath emotionally and mentally. To be in such a place during the Advent season when many are caught up in preparations for Christmas, can exacerbate the struggle to breathe. There is only One who can restore our breath. The same One who “breathed the breath of life” into Adam. This is a promise of Emmanuel, “God with us.” He is with us to heal us and restore what we need to live again.